Warren Daly <[email protected]> writes:
> I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit server. 
> Running python 2.7 so running s3ql-1.12 
> <http://code.google.com/p/s3ql/downloads/detail?name=s3ql-1.17.tar.bz2>

Aeh, which one now? 1.12 or 1.17/

> I mount an S3 bucket using mount.s3ql All has been working fine for
> quite sometime. I need to perform some security updates on the server.
> So I unmounted the S3 bucket. Rebooted the server.
>
> When I try to mount the S3 bucket:
> mount.s3ql --allow-other s3://xxxx/ /production/
> It returns:
> File system damaged or not unmounted cleanly, run fsck!
>
> So I run fsck.s3ql..... 
> ....
> MainThread: [fsck] ..processed 605000 objects so far..
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181363
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181364
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181365
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181366
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181367
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181368
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181369
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181370
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181371
> MainThread: [fsck] Deleted spurious object 181372
>
> It's starts counting upwards from object 181363 saying Deleted spurious 
> object. So I killed the process. 
>
> *Is it safe to continue to run fsck and have it Deleted spurious
> objects? *

If the metadata is correct, yes. But that may not be the case for you.

> Is there a switch (I cannot find on in the man file, or help) to move to 
> lost&found or not to delete.

No, but I could create a quick patch if necessary.

> Please help. Any assistance appreciated. 
>
> When I run s3qladm download-metadata s3://xxxxx
> I see this:
>
>  No  Name                    Date           
>   0  s3ql_metadata_bak_0     2013-07-02 11:14:55
>   1  s3ql_metadata_bak_1     2013-07-01 11:14:14
>   2  s3ql_metadata_bak_10    2013-06-24 03:34:58
>   3  s3ql_metadata_bak_2     2013-07-01 03:20:06
>   4  s3ql_metadata_bak_3     2013-06-30 03:19:49
>   5  s3ql_metadata_bak_4     2013-06-29 03:13:52
>   6  s3ql_metadata_bak_5     2013-06-28 14:08:21
>   7  s3ql_metadata_bak_6     2013-06-28 03:36:40
>   8  s3ql_metadata_bak_7     2013-06-27 03:36:20
>   9  s3ql_metadata_bak_8     2013-06-26 03:35:40
>  10  s3ql_metadata_bak_9     2013-06-25 03:35:20
>
> *Why are the backups so old? Surely metadata refreshes at the default (24 
> hour) periods? *

It should, unless you pass a different option. What does your
~/.s3ql/mount.log file say? It should report whenever metadata is saved.

> So these will be pretty useless to me. But I have local metadata. The 
> server didn't crash was shutdown and restarted just fine.
>
> I have the the .db file and params file. I understand that fsck will use 
> this local metadata.

Did it say so? You unfortunately didn't include the full fsck.s3ql
output.


Best,
-Nikolaus

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